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From: "David Tourison" <>
Subject: [NJ] New Jersey Wills, 1670-1750 - FENTON
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:13:09 -0700


Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

FENTON, beginning page 161:

1702 Dec. 16. Fenton, Phenton, Eleazer, of Springfield Township,
Burlington Co.; will of. Wife Elizabeth sole heiress and executrix.
Children mentioned but names not given. Home farm and 300 acres near Thomas
Duglas, bought of John Ogborne. Personal property. Witnesses John Shin,
William Fisher and Peter Frettwell. Proved July 24, 1704. Lib. 1, 77.
1704 Aug. 7. Inventory of the estate, 588.17., of which 380 are
real property; made by John Shinn and Daniel Leeds.

1728 March 28. Fenton, Eleazer, of Springfield, Burlington Co.,
carpenter; will of. Makes friend Ann Bullock, daughter of Jn. Bullock,
principal heir of real and personal estate, with legacies to brothers Enoch,
Samuel and Jeremiah Fenton and sisters Eliza and Judith Fenton. Executor
Tyton (Titan) Leeds. Witnesses Alice Harrison, John Bullock, Wm. Emley.
Proved April 13, 1728. Lib. 2, p. 519.
1728 April 10. Inventory of the estate, the farm 140, personal
106.17.3, incl. notes due by Joseph Hillstet, Enoch Fenton, Thomas Potts,
Thomas French, Benjamin Crispin and Benj. Fairman 72.7.7; made by John
Bullock and Wm. Emley.

1708 July 12. Fenton, Jeremiah, about 17 years old, Enoch, 14,
Elizabeth, 13, children of Eleazer Fenton of Springfield, Burlington Co.,
select as their guardians Daniel Leeds and Samuel [page 162] Gouldly,
administration of the estate of Elizabeth Fenton, to whom letters of
guardianship are given. See Gouldy, Elizabeth. Lib. 1, p. 213.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

FENTON - Eleazer, Eleazer decd, Eleisabeth, Eliazer, Ellezer, Eliz., Eliza,
Elizabeth, Enoch, Jeremiah, John, Judith, Rechael, Rechall, Samuel, Thomas.

Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

FENTON, beginning page 173:

1732, May 16. Fenton, Enoch, of Town and Co. of Burlington, butcher;
will of. Children Enoch, Eleazer, Vesta and Rachel, all under age.
Brother and sister Jeremiah and Elizabeth Fenton. By agreement am to
receive an estate in fee from John Finney and Mary his wife of lands in
Springfield. Real and personal estate. Executors wife, Rachel and friend
Samuel Scattergood, latter to be guardian of children. Witnesses Saml
Bustill, Jos. Rockhill, Joseph Rose, John Jones. Proved Sept. 2, 1732.
Lib. 3, p. 212.
1732, Aug. 31. Inventory of the personal estate, 542.7.2 ; made by
Silas Crippin and George Eyre. Includes bonds of Benjamin Crispin, Edward
Barton, Samuel Bunting, Benjamin Barets, John Kembel, Joseph Meneer, Samuel
Gaskill, Joshua Owen and Benjamin Merriot; bills of Bartholomew Gibson,
Mathew Wilson, Philip Thomas, Thomas Johnson, John Perkins, William Hews,
Thomas Framton, Anne Rutter, Jonathan Wright, Peter Ranton, Peter Woolf,
Joseph Smith, John Simons, John Borradaile, Thomas Henry, Thomas Kembel,
William Boulding, Edward R. Price, John Neal, Peter Bishop. Book debts:
John Lyons, Daniel Smith, Junr, Benjamin Wheat, Richard Yeo, Peter Bishop,
John Parsons, Rowland Ellis, John Bowlby, David Lippingate, Isaac Pearson,
Matthias Gardiner, Silas Crispin, Robert Storks, Caleb Raper, Thomas Henry,
Benjamin Kembel, Thomas Hunlock, Esq., Widow Allison, Peter Bard, Esq.,
Phelix Cartne, Widow Bass, John Gilbert, Thomas Shaw, George Wright, Edward
Pearce, Richard Smith, Senr, Jonathan Wright, Ralph Smith, Andrew Gallager,
William Maxfield, William White, Daniel Smith, Senr, Joseph Welsh, James
Moon, Edward Cogie, Junr, William Taylor, James Inskeep, Henry Dell, Philo
Leeds, James Smart, Andrew Galloway, Thomas Russell, John Hogden, John
Shinn, George Wilkoxen, Joseph Pearson, John Barton, Jonathan Scott, John
Gibbs, Isaac Anthram, Francis Smith, John Mullen, James Streeton, Ebenezer
Large, Richard Robinson, William Cutler, Samuel Smith, Joseph Hewlings, John
Kinard, Joseph Reeves, Caleb Emerson, Joseph Ridgway, Thomas Coleman, John
Ogburn, Thomas Huntley, James Verse, Joseph Rockhill, Mary Hewlings, Parson
Wagman, Jeremiah Fenton, Joseph Thomas, John Edwards, Widow Pidgon, Samuel
Bustill, Esq., Samuel Butcher, Obediah Eldredge, Elizabeth Songhist, William
Snowden, Elizabeth Presse, William Bickley, Solomon Smith, Edward Kembel,
Matthew Wood, Thomas Butcher, Ralph Peart, John Allen, Esq., Peter Fern,
James Killegrove, George Gess, Peter Merron, John Fennimore, Simon
Nightingaile, Richard Smith, Jr., Joshua Raper, Catherine Smith, Negro Ned,
Benjamin Butterworth, George Eyre, David Hogden, Joshua Woolstone, Daniel
Hogden, Henry Clothier, George Saterthwate, David Rockhill, Thomas Shreve,
George Willis, George Noble, Robert Wild, Charles French, William Pattison,
James Handcock, Mary Blackham, James Tomson, Joseph Morton, Thomas Postgate,
Thomas Ageman, Joshua Barker, Doctor Rodman, Robert Smith, John
Nightingaile, Roger Merrick, Bartholomew Gibson, Joshua Owen, Robert Lard,
Robert Hill, James Lippincott, William Lindaile.

1732, Dec. 1. Fenton, Jeremiah, of Northampton, Burlington Co.,
yeoman. Int. Inventory of the personal estate, 142.00.1; made by Joseph
Woolston and Charles French.
[page 174]
1732, Dec. 9. Administration to Sarah Fenton, widow. Joseph
Woolston, blacksmith, and Charles French, yeoman, fellow bondsmen. Lib. 3,
p. 226.

1647, August 4. Fenton, John, of Freehold, Monmouth Co., innholder;
will of. Wife, Mary executrix. Children Robert, and Rachel Johnston.
Witnesses James Robinson, Robert Hood and John Nathn Hutchins. Proved
October 21, 1747. Lib. E, p. 121.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

FENTON - Eleazer, Elizabeth, Enoch, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Margaret,
Mary, Rachel, Robert, Samuel, Sarah, Vesta.

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